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Cleaning the print cartridge, Nozzles, Cleaning the print cartridge nozzles – Lexmark Z35 User Manual

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Maintenance

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Cleaning the print cartridge nozzles

To improve print quality, you may need to clean the print cartridge nozzles. Clean the nozzles
when:

To clean the nozzles:

1

Load paper. For help, see

Load the paper

.

2

Open the

Lexmark Z25-Z35 Utility

.

3

On the Cartridges tab, click Clean Print Nozzles.

A nozzle page prints, forcing ink through the nozzles to clean any that are clogged.

4

Print your document again to verify your print quality has improved.

5

To further improve print quality, try

Wiping the print cartridge nozzles and

contacts

, and then print your document again. If the print quality has not improved,

try

Cleaning the print cartridge nozzles

up to two more times.

• Characters are not printing completely.

• Vertical, straight lines are not smooth.

• White dashes appear in graphics or printed

text.

• Colors on print jobs are faded or they differ

from the colors on the screen.

• Print is smudged or too dark.